Peter Behrens — A Pioneer in Architecture |

A versatile artist working at the beginning of the 20^th century, Peter Behrens (1868−1940) had a successful career as a painter, architect and product designer, and influenced the development of corporate design. He was a pioneer in the development of New Objectivity and in the emergence of the Bauhaus movement. Young architects such as Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier worked at his Berlin office and were strongly influenced by his methodology and objectivity.